When seven counties in Illinois voted in November to explore secession from their state and separate from the influence of ...

The jury has completed its first full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

The jury now has the case in the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge ...

The jury began their first full day of deliberations on Thursday - 14-and-a-half weeks after being seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial.

Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

As ComEd’s lead external lobbyist for years, McClain took Madigan’s job recommendations and referred them to leaders at the ...

An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Justice found on average more than one Illinois public servant was convicted ...

Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury shortly after 3 p.m.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 14-and-a-half weeks after the jury was first seated in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial, his fate, and that of his co-defendant ...

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this month that he was tapped to head the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

Eight women and four men will need more time to decide the guilt or innocence of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.